| C. Gough - 1853 - 414 Seiten
...the present, little more than an unmeaning ornament, having become general without merit. LADIES.Be to their faults a little blind And to their virtues very kind. A WORD spoken pleasantly is a large spot of sunshine on the sad heart— and who has not seen ils effects... | |
| Matilda Marian Chesney Pullan - 1855 - 312 Seiten
...happiness. Finally, as you have to do with beings yet more frail, feeble, and fallible than yourself, " Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues very kind, You'll clasp a padlock on their mind." One of the greatest annoyances a governess has to encounter... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1856 - 388 Seiten
...conclusion is, do not expect too much from your children — they are, like yourselves, human and fallible. Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues very kind, You'll clasp a padlock on their mind. "Lovingly and trustingly sow the seeds of virtue in their minds;... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1857 - 702 Seiten
...seat of justice, and superstition waa the counselor and guide of leading men, should cause us to " Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues, very kind." Roger Williams, himself a Puritan minister, and victim of persecution in England, was among those who... | |
| Marguerite A. Power - 1857 - 360 Seiten
...discovered had been at least improved, if not altogether created, by kindly culture. The system of being to — ".Their faults a little blind, And to their virtues very kind," is, be sure, a wonderfully successful one, and he who starts with the determination to admit that his... | |
| Massachusetts. Board of Education - 1859 - 518 Seiten
...comfort, and for that of the children, to keep the other one half closed, more than half the time ; — " Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues, very kind." There is one subject which I desire to bring quite prominently to your attention and to ask you to... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1859 - 674 Seiten
...the seat of justice, and superstition was the counselor and guide of leading men, should cause us to "Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues, very kind." Roger Williams, himself a Puritan minister, and victim of persecution in England, was among those who... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 668 Seiten
...seat of justice, and superstition was the counselor and guide of leading men, should cause us to " Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues, very kind." Roger Williams, himself a Puritan minister, and victim of persecution in England, was among those who... | |
| 1867 - 798 Seiten
...conclusion is, do not expect too much from your children — they are, like yourselves, human and fallible. Be to their faults a little blind, And to their virtues very kind. You'll clasp a padlock on their mind. "Lovingly and trustingly sow the seeds °f virtue in their minds;... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1867 - 392 Seiten
...conclusion is, do not expect too much from your children— they are, like yourselves, human and fallible. Be to their faults a little blind, And -to their virtues very kind, You'll clasp a padlock on their mini "Lovingly and trustingly sow the seeds of virtue in their minds;... | |
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